Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and beat until well blended. Sift together the flour and baking powder, add to creamed mixture alternately with milk. Add vanilla. By hand stir in the rest of the ingredients and mix just until all are blended in batter. Bake at 350€. Makes 1 large tube pan (bake about 2 hours) or 3 bread loaf pans (bake about 1 hour and 20 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean).